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  Time, time!

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Little time breezes past our conscious fingers Which are so busy working that they Do not close in fast enough to catch it. But time in excess is a moron; It crawls past like a lazy snail and Comes in such abundance that To catch it then with a bottle and Store it for later use becomes An im...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Your smile is all I need

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Just stretch your muscles And give me a smile That’s all the hope, the love, And the courage, I need to face the world. Just give me a smile, your Beautiful smile, that draws a sun, some fun and a rainbow on the gloomiest of days. Just give a smile, that magical antidote To nurse a...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A tough place to live

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Just another boy, so he’d also Lived, breathed, loved, run, Played hide and seek, mugged up Math formulae, and grew enough to boast Ten years of experience in this tricky Business of life. Every has to rush on here, With their emotional masks and body parts safely placed Or else risk bein...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You've got it already

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Just one time, Look at me with unwavering Eyes reflecting hope and faith in This crazy world; feeling tall Without legs extended with Ten inch stilts christened ‘so in’. Just one time- and We’ve been given only once- Live with belief in your own caliber, Because you don’t have t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Ocean

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  She stands; always has, That valiant creature She sends winds howling as she crashes Fiercely-she plays a child’s game- To run away and hide, and return rushing Towards my couch, her home- the shore. Ah, she’s still tranquility through all Her wild games, a turquoise beauty, the Darker ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Syria

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  A sleeping infant bursts like A water balloon filled with red ink. The bomb that destroyed the house was Deployed by the responsible father who Decided that dying with his entire family, Was the best future he could give them all. A boy of nine with a shivering red face Splotched with dry...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  If only you could see me

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Just so you notice me in the midst Of the bare colored walls, I wear Florescent polka dot dresses every day. My heart is hit on by a hailstorm when you pass By the nook of the passage where I stand but- That you can’t hear my loud and extremely Audible internal calamity Makes those thrashi...
• Hot Topics > What Matters
  My Letter to a Terrorist

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  You have raped, stolen, murdered, killed thousands, orphaned children; this letter is exclusively for you. Whatever you’ve done is, sure, a mighty achievement. But what are your amazing skills and extraordinary toil worth, if you have not made a single person smile? You have bombed great skyscr...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Seeking the truth

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  The blurriness clears and I can now see them all- the mourners, our families, everyone. I know that one of my friends had died yesterday, that’s clear, but I can’t figure which one. I can still remember that bomb blast, but nothing other than that, thanks to my memory disorder. Sam is there, ri...
• Fiction > Romance
  I wish I'd let you know.

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  I remember those days when I stayed over at your house just because I didn’t feel like returning to mine. I can still smell those fresh homemade chocolate cookies that your mother used to give me when we laughed together, commenting ridiculously on movie trailers. I used to be at yours every other...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Utopia on earth

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  I'm going to build a rocket to dreamland with broken dreams sleepless nights, and sawdust and pack off all loss and sorrow to send them away in it....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I'm extraordinary

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  I'm special. My circle in geometry class, measures 361 degrees....
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Trapped

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Mia (online now) who has had a huge crush on the guy she met online, Ian has turned down three guys over the year, so true, in her love with him. He was caring — the number of times he posted on her wall was testimony to that; skilled — he got the highest scores on Bubble Safari after all; list...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Crush

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Crush Comes without a warning and Pushes you hard, down the ground, Defenceless. Crush Increases your blood pressure And colors your face hurriedly like A nursery kid in a painting contest. Crush Paralyzes your strong athletic feet And tickles you inside till You wobble like a klutzy je...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  even the sky's no limit

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Choking tight Working hard The clock’s working Too fast, broken vases Shattered bonds Foggy mornings And starless nights. Don’t let go, no- The quitter is the loser Left to dwindle in the cage. Sugar that lemon juice And drink it all up with a Smiling face, surprise them All, yes;...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  What is life?

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  In an autumn leaf descending to the earth Like a lazy parachute landing, I can see A thousand little memories, etched imperfectly Like overcrowded freckles in a smiling face, and A thousand shades of every color, but grey and yellow Most profound. And as it’s falling Like a dying, man j...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  illusions in the sky

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  The skin of the blue sky is imperfect Blemished with irregular patches of grey And snowy white that look puffed up, Like lazily drifting fantasy; And when they do fall on me, All that dreamy Cotton candy; I am jerked awake. They tingle on my cold skin Then evaporate, like they never we...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I will survive

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  They say Only the fittest survive, sardonically. The whole enchilada’s pressing on my throbbing Head. Like a drained sponge, dehydrated I can only hear jeers, see mocks, talk Nothing with my quivering lips, to the World that says I am drowning to doom in the Tough Ocean of the world. But ...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  10 guaranteed ways to flunk you dream date

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Has your dream girl/boy of many years finally asked you out on a date? Nervous, excited, want to know how to make it absolutely (un)successful? Try these tips! 1. Wear a full handed checked shirt with full check pants of the same pattern. Don’t forget to tuck a bib before eating, or have a hanky...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Joyful times

  

  By thatunknownthing, dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Exultant, joyful times are a bar of chocolate. It melts with relishing prospects, dreams And sweet exhilaration, but Is a mere illusion, vanished When we swallow it, leaving Only nostalgia and ache. But everyone has to swallow their piece, And patiently wait till they save enough, With tim...